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agerceden, But, says Du is, “there sat at the Dumbarton Qaks, fears, jealousies, and hopes: fears of renewed German agegres- sion and Asiatic revolt; fears of postwar poverty and despair; feal- ousies of national rights and im- perial power and hopes for even; tual peace and progress.” Here als) is the crux of the colonial ques; tion. The representatives of imperisl powers at Dumbarton Oaks should give serious consideration to the solution of the colonial problem. But they did not. And it Was taken over inte the San Francisco * conference in a way that aroused | e fears of colontal peoples. If e colonial peoples are not to Old to thelr fears of imperial policy then these big {imperial powers should prove in practice that the basis for these fears are to be removed. The experiences of the past can- not be easily removed from the consciousness of colonial peoples. “In the latter part of the nine- teenth century,” writes DuBols. “China was at the pout of being definitely divided into a group of European colonies.” Snheres nf! influence had been lald out by the Big les. Western imperialism tend- ec) to nudge Japan out of part- ge in this enterprise. “When imperialism,” says Du Bois, de common cause with dicta- torship in Germany and Italy, the ; World war was inevitable.” Here | Du Boils places the question in the | Province of imperialistic policy : mnd raises one of the main con- tredictions between imperialist states that has led inevitably to war, namely, rivalries for division of colonial countries and mili ' oscien aia their national + ‘mover a ar’ drs great powers including the United | Tory . Policy With the defeat of German fas- cium in Europe, the war against the Japanese Fascists in the Far East comes head on with colonial- fem. And when Mr. Church . clings to his tory policy of not relinquishing colonies: or when Dutch imperialism janaciopsly holds on to hers; or when the discussion around trusteeship ever | colonies at San Francisco showed .. definite trends in the direction of ‘ big Imperial powers holding on to ° Gomination over colonial peoples * —then these people, understand- * ably, de not find their enthusiasm - * fer the war Increased. “Tne majority of the inhatbif-> | ‘mnte of the earth,” says Du Bois, .,“wbo happen for the most part _ to be colored, must be regarded as having the right and the capacity to share in human progress and to ‘become co-partners in that _@etocracy which alone can en- ‘wure peace among men, by aboll- . + Hen of poverty, the education of -, fe wasses, protection from dis- , @'se, and the eclentific treatment ‘gf erime.” Independence and democracy... fer colonial people can be achieved @ur time, providing we live .) on Moscow, Oairo, Teheran . and Crimean agreements. eget ". WwW. & B Bebols ’ America was once a colony. Bhe ‘kehieved independence and arose i to nationhood during the period \ : of the revolution of the 18th cen- tury, the classical period of the Sen af matinee Tht thase mations i FI Vl EWU. 2IML PIO ssw that rose on the basts of the rise of | gapitalism, after completing their __ development as nations, began to “oppress other nations. And it ” geemed, until and with the ativent ‘ef fascism that backward peoples _ nd colonial countries would never be permitted to take the path tof. ‘ gpl nationhood. But pow German fascism, the spearhead of imperialistic destruc-: tions of nations, has itself been destroyed. Japanese Fascism is next on the order of the day, and providing we defeat this fascism as decisively and with the same , @bject in view and.root fascism oe tines wk a we . Ft : : ’ out of the world, colontal peoples . ‘ ean take the path of independ- ence and national existence. Foreign Minister Mclotoff made this point perfectly clear at Ban ‘amendment to the discussion on trusteeship calling for independ- ence for colonies. He added that -he would be pleased to see India independent now. Rintegss points out the disedvan- tages which have been the Jot of peoples under imperis!- ! 2 oe | Franciseos when he Introduced an |